Posts by John Farrell
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The ODT's view:
"Prime Minister John Key effectively launched National's 2017 election campaign yesterday by agreeing to pour billions of dollars into Auckland's infrastructure - at the expense of the rest of the country, ODT political editor Dene Mackenzie writes."
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/371181/billions-buy-auckland-votes
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Y'know - the people of Dunedin feel so sorry for Aucklanders, that we're going to invite a select few of you to join us here:
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/369062/drive-lure-aucklanders-move-here
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" given us the economy we enjoy today" Translation - he bought his house 20 years ago.
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Radio New Zealand led the 7am news with this issue.
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The Herald cartoon today
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Speaker: The Spirit Level, in reply to tussock,
They think, because they have the money, that is was their virtuous behaviour which gained it for them. This reinforces their belief that everyone should be like them.
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Speaker: The Spirit Level, in reply to Joe Wylie,
My father used his postwar educational opportunity (he was in the navy) to gain a qualification as a health inspector. When we emigrated to New Zealand, he became middle class - Scots are difficult to "place" by accent.
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Speaker: The Spirit Level, in reply to andin,
You misunderstood my irony.
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My parents were children of the depression, my mother English, my father Scottish. The values I learned from them included frugality - neither were raised in middle class households.
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Speaker: The Spirit Level, in reply to andin,
Yup, being poor is a choice, don'tcher know.
